{"title":"Loire Valley","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"jo-landron-brut-atmospheres-nv","title":"Jo Landron Brut Atmosphères NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Loire sparkler has been enjoying plenty of love among those who know it, and no wonder. It’s a hand-harvested, estate-grown, biodynamic, naturally fermented, low-dosage fizz that shows up many conventional Champagnes for both quality and value. Topping off an impressive package is the marvellous label designed by iconic French illustrator Michel Tolmer (of Mimi, Fifi and Glouglou fame).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJo Landron is not a fan of using Muscadet’s Melon de Bourgogne for sparkling wine, preferring instead a blend of around 50 to 60% Folle Blanche (grown on sandy clay) with a balance of Pinot Noir (grown on gravelly soils). Vine age ranges from 18 to 30 years. The yields are typically between 50 and 60 hl\/ha—far lower than the average yields in Champagne. The base wines ferment naturally and then go through a traditional second fermentation in bottle, where they remain for a minimum of 24 months. The dosage ranges from zero to a low 5 g\/L (depending on the bottling). Moreover, the fruit for this cuvée is always from a single vintage (2020 in this case).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis list of attributes sounds like the approach of a top Champagne grower, not a humble Muscadet producer! It's no surprise, then, that the result is a wine of impressive depth and complexity. Expect a super-mineral, earthy, rocky wine with waves of racy citrus, fresh nectarine and lots of flinty, talc-like, salty complexity, then a delicious lick of smoky Pinot cherry to close. 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It remains the estate’s only wine made from a blend of different sites (and includes younger-vine fruit from Landron’s top vineyards). The vines for this release are 15-30 years old and cropped low (for Muscadet) at just 50hl\/ha. It was bottled with a low dose of sulphur after an élevage between eight and 12 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\" sugg=\"true\"\u003eIt is a blinder of a wine, packed full of juicy fruit and vibrant Atlantic zing. The new vintage is not dissimilar to last year’s stunner, with generous, zesty, pithy, lemon\/lime fruit alongside a ton of salinity. It glides with fantastic vibrancy across the palate, with oodles of compact fruit balanced by a mouth-watering stony\/savoury element and a cool finish that crackles with freshness and length. 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The lion’s share still ages in glass-lined concrete. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe dense, structured, lingering palate delivers textural stone fruits and thyme interwoven with the crushed-chalk mineral signature of these sandstone soils. It’s a dynamic Muscadet that goes far beyond the drink-with-oysters cliché. 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